Machine for attaching tags to plug-tobacco



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G. M. 8: G. W. GUER'R'ANT. MACHINE FOR- ATTAGHING TAGS TO PLUG TOBACCO. No. 476,010. Patented May 31,1892.

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G. M. & G. W. GUERRANT. MAGHINB FOR. ATTAGHING TAGS T0 PLUG TOBACCO. No. 476,010. Patented May 31, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF E.

GEORGE M. GUERRANT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., CORNELIUS WV. GUERRANT,

OF DANVILLE, VIRGINIA.

MACHINE FOR ATTACHING TAGS TO PLUG-TOBACCO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,0 10, dated May 31, 1892.

I Application filed February 4, 1892. Serial No. 420,353. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: der A, divided into two parts by a head 2, and Beit known that we, GEORGE M. GUERRANT, the cylinder occupies an inclined position and of the city and State of New York, and ORNE- is open at theupper end, and itcontains troughs LIUs W. GUERRANT, of Danville, in the State B, opening through the head 2 into the dis of Virginia, have invented an Improvement charge-cylinder (1. There may be three, four,

in Machines for Attaching Tags to Plug-Toor more of these troughs B. We have shown bacco, of which the following is a specification. four of them in each cylinder, and the cylin- Tags for plug-tobacco have been made of der A may be supported at its upper end by sheet metal with projecting points that penea cross-bar and axle 3, and the discharge-cylro trate the tobacco. This machine is made for inder C may be supported at its lower end assorting and supplying such tags and for upon the rollers 4, so that the tags may be put pressing them against the tobacco to cause in mass into the cylinderA at its open upper the points to penetrate. The tags are placed end, and they are discharged in proper order in a reel formed of two revolving cylinders of from the open lower end of the cylinder 0,

r 5 woven wire or perforated metal, and the points and to rotate these connected cylinders A and of the tags passing into the perforations cause 0 any suitable mechanism may be employed. the tags to be lifted; but those tags in which We have representedaratchet-wheel5 upon the points stand upwardly slide along gradueach cylinder 0, with a loose ring 6 and pawl ally and are delivered from the end of the s c- 7 acting upon the teeth 5, and the loose ring zo-ond revolving cylinder and slide down an inand pawl are conveniently moved by a concline, and they are allowed to pass successneo ion H to a trea lo G, an a Weight H or ively upon a plunger that is raised to force Spri g et r s the pa ts as e tleadle rises. the tags into the under side of the plug-to- The speed of rotation of these cylinders. is to bacco, which is laid beneath astationary head. be regulated so as to supply sufficient tags for 2 5 In this manner the assorting of the tags and the machine, and the number supplied will the proper presentation of the same are autobe increased by increasing the movement matic, and the attendant simply has to supgiven to the pawl or the treadle, and the opply the plug-tobacco and remove the same. eration of each connected cylinder forming a In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of separatingdevice is as follows: The tags in- 30 this tagging-machine. Fig. 2 is a plan view troduced into the cylinder A lie loosely upon of the same. Fig. 3 is a section,in larger size, the bottom thereof, and as the cylinder is reof the devices for forcing the tag upon the volved the points of the tags pass into the tobacco-plug. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of perforations or meshes of the cylinder A, and one of the tags. Fig. 5 represents a portion they are carried up and fall into one of the 3 5 of one of the slides with a tag in place. Fig. troughs B and pass through the same into the 6 is a longitudinal section of a portion of one discharge-cylinder 0. Hence the cylinder A of the reels. Fig. 7 is a cross-section of the becomes a supply-cylinder to regulate the reel at the line as x of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is an end number of tags supplied to the machine acview of one of the reels and its supportingcording to the speed of rotation, and the cylo rollers, and Fig. 9 is a sectional elevation at inder 0 brings the tags with the points upthe line 3 y of Fig. l. Wardly, because any tag that falls from. one

It is advantageous to adapt this machine to of the troughs B into the inside of the 'cylinapply four tags simultaneously to the plug of der 0, which may have its points downwardly, tobacco; but the number of tags applied each is caught by the perforations or meshes of 5 movement of the machine may be greater or such cylinder 0 and detained and carried up 5 less. WVe have represented this machine as and turned over until its smooth side falls adapted to four tags, and with this object in upon the inner surface of such cylinder 0, so View we make use of two revolving cylinders, as to slide down and out of such cylinder G each being adapted to supply two lines of upon the inclined table D. This table D is 50 tags. Each revolving reel is made of a cylinset at the proper inclination for the tags to slide down with reasonable rapidity, and the tags with their points upwardly are directed to the proper positions on the table D by suitable means-such as wires 9-that are drawn tight and are suiiiciently above the table for the sheet metal of the tags to pass below such wires and for the Wires to act only upon the upturned points of the tags, as illustrated in Fig. 5, and these Wires 9 are brought together in pairs at the upper ends, so as to form converging guides, and the outer wires diverge so as to produce four tracks that guide the tags in fourlines down to the place where such tags are applied to the tobacco. The plunger F is preferably adapted to pass vertically through the table D, and it is actuated by a connection 11* to the treadle G, or it may be moved automatically by any suitable power, such as a revolving shaft and crank, and above the plunger F is a headblock I, which is preferably in the form of a plate with a stem passing through the stationary head I, so as to be clamped by ascrew or nut and raised or lowered to suit the thickness of the plug of tobacco, and there is a guide or fence K against which the plug of tobacco K is laid by the attendant over the plunger F, and as the plunger F is raised it brings with it the tags and forces them against the under side of the plug of tobacco as such plug is resisted by the head-block I, and in so doing the points of the tags are driven into the tobacco for connecting such tags. There may be one head-block and its plate over the entire plug of tobacco, as shown; but we prefer separate head-blocksone for each tag.

In order to prevent too many tags passing upon the plunger F, we employ a detainer 10, which is preferably in the form of a rod, which rod is acted upon by projections 21 from the plunger F, and the proximity of this detainer 10 to the plunger is such that when the detainer and plunger are raised the tags D will slide down the table against the side of the plunger, and when the plunger descends the detainer lO-will engage the projections upon the second range of tags,allowing the first range of tags to slide down upon the surface of the plunger, so as to be carried up by the next movement of said plunger.

The plug-tobacco may be supplied in any convenient manner. \Ve have represented the box L as adapted to receive a vertical pile of plugs K, and the movable bottom 10 is raised progressively, so as to bring the upper plug above the surface of the table D at each movement of the machine, and with this object in view such bottom 10 may be raised by any suitable meanssuch, for instance, as the cords 12, passing over the pulleys 13 to a spool or shaft 14:, provided with a ratchet 15, one tooth of which is taken up each movement of the machine by a pawl 16, receiving its movement from the treadle G through a lever G. The plugs as they are tagged are to be passedv away from the machine into any suitable receptacle. Usuallyatreadle will be the most convenient device for applying the power; but to prevent an inexperienced person moving the treadle too fast a dash-pot and piston may be used at IV.

We claim as our invention- 1. The combination, in a tagging-machine, with the incline down which the tags pass, of a revoluble perforated cylinder, and mechanism for revolving the same progressively, whereby the points of the tags are caught in the perforations and the tags turned with their points upwardly before passing out upon the incline, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the incline in a machine for applying tags, of a revoluble perforated cylinder into which the tags are received, troughs within the cylinder into which the tags are dropped after beinglifted byythe points of the tags entering the perforations, a second perforated cylinder into which the tags pass from the troughs and by which the tags are turned with their points upwardly, and mechanism for revolving the perforated cylinders, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, in a tagging-machine, of an incline down which the tags slide, a perforated revoluble cylinder for lifting the tags by their points, a trough receiving the tags as they fall, a perforated cylinder into i which the tags pass from the trough and by which the tags are turned with their points upwardly, and a ratchet-wheel and pawl for giving a progressive movement to the perforated cylinders, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, in a tagging-machine,

of an inclined table down which the tags pass, guides above the surface of the table and parallel with the same for directing the tags by acting upon their upwardly-projecting points, a plunger upon which the tags are allowed to pass, a head-block beneath which the plugtobacco is placed and by which it is held, and mechanism for moving the plunger to force the tags upon the tobacco, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, in a tagging-machine, of an inclined table down which the tags pass, guides above the surface of the table and parallel with the same for directing the tags by acting upon their upwardly-projectin g points, a plunger upon which the tags are allowed to pass, a detainer and means for moving the same for allowing one set of tags to pass upon the plunger, a head-block beneath which the plug-tobacco is placed and by which it is held, and mechanism for moving the plunger to force the tags upon the tobacco, substantially as set forth.

Signed by us this 29th day of January, 1892.

see. M. GUERRANT. CORNELIUS w. GUERRANT.

Witnesses:

P. T. BARRORO,

W. M. STULTZ. 

